Crowbar attack at hospital after man is denied appointment

A man allegedly attacked hospital staff with a weapon which police say may have been a crowbar after he was denied an appointment.

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Merseyside Police said the man was believed to have attended Newton Community Hospital in Newton-le-Willows to ask for an appointment but became “increasingly agitated” when his request was refused and he was asked to leave.

Shop worker Sugedaran Shanmugaraja said police were called to the scene when an injured woman fled to get help.

He said he was working in the Best One shop, over the road from the hospital, when the woman, who was bleeding from the head, came in and asked him to call the police.